English Witchcraft - From the Beginning to the Present Day (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

Montague Summers' "English Witchcraft - From the Beginning to the Present Day" contains a detailed history of witchcraft in England from its earliest records to the early twentieth century. Contents include: "Part I of English Witchcraft from the Beginning until the Repeal of the Law, 1736", and "Part II of English Witchcraft from the Passing of the Statute of 1736 until the Present Day". Augustus Montague Summers (1880 - 1948) was an English clergyman and author most famous for his studies on vampires, witches and werewolves--all of which he believed to be very much real. He also wrote the first English translation of the infamous 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the "Malleus Maleficarum", in 1928. Other notable works by this author include: "A Popular History of Witchcraft" (1937), "Witchcraft and Black Magic" (1946), and "The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism" (1947). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.